Nigeria vs Uganda statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 30th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Nigeria and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Uganda
1960	$4,196,174,502	$423,145,605
1961	$4,467,287,893	$441,667,335
1962	$4,909,399,176	$449,158,233
1963	$5,165,590,254	$516,315,231
1964	$5,552,931,319	$589,247,687
1965	$5,874,537,650	$884,502,310
1966	$6,366,917,453	$925,381,492
1967	$5,203,237,919	$967,240,655
1968	$5,200,997,920	$1,037,379,252
1969	$6,634,317,346	$1,168,556,629
1970	$12,546,094,982	$1,259,554,809
1971	$9,181,769,912	$1,417,191,656
1972	$12,274,416,018	$1,490,970,181
1973	$15,162,871,287	$1,701,829,789
1974	$24,846,641,318	$2,098,944,967
1975	$27,778,934,625	$2,359,555,556
1976	$36,308,883,249	$2,447,300,000
1977	$36,035,407,725	$2,936,470,588
1978	$36,527,862,209	$2,420,260,870
1979	$47,259,911,894	$2,139,025,000
1980	$64,201,788,123	$1,244,610,000
1981	$164,475,209,516	$1,337,300,000
1982	$142,769,363,314	$2,177,500,000
1983	$97,094,911,792	$2,240,333,333
1984	$73,484,359,521	$3,615,647,477
1985	$73,745,821,158	$3,519,695,444
1986	$54,805,852,581	$3,923,244,050
1987	$52,676,041,931	$6,269,522,042
1988	$49,648,470,440	$6,508,931,652
1989	$44,003,061,108	$5,276,480,799
1990	$54,035,795,388	$4,304,399,310
1991	$59,526,833,412	$3,321,729,160
1992	$52,058,181,854	$2,857,457,762
1993	$56,721,051,402	$3,220,439,044
1994	$80,399,613,064	$3,990,430,447
1995	$140,919,776,986	$5,755,818,842
1996	$185,730,236,700	$6,044,585,327
1997	$200,850,397,618	$6,269,333,313
1998	$218,416,200,673	$6,584,815,847
1999	$59,145,077,039	$5,998,563,258
2000	$69,171,451,627	$6,193,246,837
2001	$73,557,840,064	$5,840,503,869
2002	$95,054,059,303	$6,178,563,591
2003	$104,738,954,264	$6,606,884,275
2004	$135,764,731,646	$7,939,487,548
2005	$175,670,569,969	$9,239,221,763
2006	$238,454,997,161	$9,977,647,683
2007	$278,260,846,800	$11,902,564,495
2008	$339,476,276,258	$14,440,404,132
2009	$295,008,835,381	$25,127,805,567
2010	$366,990,417,129	$26,673,441,431
2011	$414,466,676,831	$27,871,725,241
2012	$463,971,018,239	$27,305,915,911
2013	$520,117,180,314	$28,915,786,517
2014	$574,183,763,412	$32,612,397,257
2015	$493,026,682,801	$32,387,183,730
2016	$404,649,125,252	$29,203,988,696
2017	$375,745,731,053	$30,744,473,841
2018	$421,739,251,509	$32,927,025,620
2019	$474,517,490,844	$35,353,061,008
2020	$432,198,898,468	$37,600,368,240
2021	$440,833,635,874	$40,529,788,744
2022	$477,403,400,101	$45,565,333,216
2023	$363,846,332,835	$48,768,955,859
2024	$187,759,703,100	$53,651,874,314

Nigeria and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Uganda
1960	$93.1	$55.4
1961	$97.1	$56.2
1962	$104.5	$55.5
1963	$107.7	$62
1964	$113.3	$68.6
1965	$117.3	$100
1966	$124.4	$101.4
1967	$99.5	$102.8
1968	$97.3	$106.9
1969	$121.4	$116.7
1970	$224.5	$122
1971	$160.5	$133.5
1972	$209.5	$137
1973	$252.4	$152.7
1974	$403	$183.7
1975	$438	$201.2
1976	$556	$203.3
1977	$536	$237.6
1978	$527	$190.7
1979	$661	$164.5
1980	$870	$93.8
1981	$2,162	$98.6
1982	$1,822	$157
1983	$1,207	$157.5
1984	$890	$247.5
1985	$869	$234.3
1986	$628	$253.6
1987	$588	$393
1988	$540	$395
1989	$465	$310
1990	$556	$245
1991	$597	$183
1992	$509	$152.1
1993	$540	$165.6
1994	$745	$198.4
1995	$1,272	$278.5
1996	$1,633	$284.7
1997	$1,720	$286.8
1998	$1,822	$292.5
1999	$481	$257.9
2000	$547	$258.1
2001	$566	$236
2002	$712	$242
2003	$763	$250.7
2004	$962	$292.4
2005	$1,211	$330
2006	$1,600	$347
2007	$1,816	$401
2008	$2,154	$473
2009	$1,820	$799
2010	$2,202	$823
2011	$2,418	$836
2012	$2,633	$795
2013	$2,873	$818
2014	$3,089	$896
2015	$2,586	$863
2016	$2,070	$753
2017	$1,876	$765
2018	$2,058	$792
2019	$2,265	$822
2020	$2,020	$846
2021	$2,017	$883
2022	$2,139	$963
2023	$1,597	$1,002
2024	$807	$1,073

Nigeria vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Uganda
1950	35.5	39.7
1951	35.7	40.2
1952	35.9	40.8
1953	36	41.3
1954	36.2	41.8
1955	36.3	42.4
1956	36.5	43
1957	36.6	43.7
1958	36.8	44.3
1959	37	45
1960	37.2	45.6
1961	37.4	46.3
1962	37.6	46.8
1963	37.8	47.4
1964	38	47.8
1965	38.2	48.3
1966	38.4	48.5
1967	37.5	49
1968	38.6	49.3
1969	38.9	49.5
1970	40	49.6
1971	40.6	47.1
1972	41.3	47.2
1973	41.8	47
1974	42.5	46.9
1975	43.1	46.5
1976	44.2	46.2
1977	44.8	45.8
1978	45.3	45.6
1979	45.7	45.4
1980	46	43.5
1981	46.3	43.5
1982	46.4	43.3
1983	46.4	43.5
1984	46.3	43.7
1985	46.2	45.5
1986	46	45.7
1987	45.9	47.4
1988	45.8	47.5
1989	45.8	47.5
1990	45.7	47.6
1991	45.5	47.5
1992	45.6	47.7
1993	45.8	47.7
1994	45.7	47.7
1995	45.9	47.7
1996	45.8	47.8
1997	46	48
1998	46.1	48.3
1999	46.6	49
2000	47.1	49.6
2001	47.5	50.6
2002	48	51.4
2003	48.6	52.4
2004	49.1	53.7
2005	49.5	54.9
2006	49.9	56.1
2007	50.4	57.2
2008	50.7	58.3
2009	51.1	59.2
2010	51.3	60
2011	51.5	60.8
2012	51.7	61.6
2013	51.8	62.4
2014	51.9	63.1
2015	51.9	63.8
2016	52.2	64.5
2017	52.4	65.2
2018	52.7	65.8
2019	53	66.4
2020	53.1	66.4
2021	53.5	66.4
2022	54.1	67.7
2023	54.5	68.3
2024	54.6	68.5
2025	54.8	68.7

Nigeria and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Uganda
1960	45,053,782	7,640,973
1961	45,989,310	7,862,217
1962	46,965,292	8,092,231
1963	47,973,575	8,333,663
1964	49,012,016	8,586,363
1965	50,086,764	8,849,203
1966	51,188,234	9,122,864
1967	52,293,065	9,408,924
1968	53,432,783	9,708,632
1969	54,631,914	10,014,858
1970	55,893,838	10,321,603
1971	57,214,684	10,618,206
1972	58,601,748	10,885,796
1973	60,082,139	11,144,236
1974	61,679,144	11,424,846
1975	63,410,815	11,725,240
1976	65,258,009	12,037,294
1977	67,234,590	12,359,669
1978	69,326,532	12,692,113
1979	71,498,242	13,002,163
1980	73,764,641	13,275,741
1981	76,068,103	13,556,452
1982	78,378,701	13,873,631
1983	80,438,260	14,221,881
1984	82,526,443	14,607,677
1985	84,897,973	15,023,681
1986	87,235,953	15,467,579
1987	89,591,716	15,954,170
1988	92,020,090	16,470,483
1989	94,531,014	17,010,698
1990	97,120,925	17,569,897
1991	99,720,162	18,155,901
1992	102,372,770	18,785,032
1993	105,122,069	19,445,161
1994	107,935,714	20,108,801
1995	110,819,428	20,665,667
1996	113,754,779	21,231,550
1997	116,754,792	21,856,046
1998	119,846,254	22,515,806
1999	123,047,320	23,257,281
2000	126,382,494	24,000,150
2001	129,862,595	24,745,676
2002	133,471,989	25,532,870
2003	137,202,644	26,352,124
2004	141,057,045	27,154,515
2005	145,017,253	27,963,289
2006	149,077,334	28,794,003
2007	153,267,261	29,653,430
2008	157,595,014	30,539,553
2009	162,049,464	31,451,151
2010	166,642,886	32,390,802
2011	171,379,598	33,354,543
2012	176,200,625	34,337,438
2013	181,049,443	35,337,042
2014	185,896,915	36,395,539
2015	190,671,878	37,531,446
2016	195,443,700	38,799,152
2017	200,254,579	40,177,388
2018	204,938,755	41,565,831
2019	209,485,641	42,999,637
2020	213,996,181	44,457,152
2021	218,529,286	45,910,930
2022	223,150,896	47,312,719
2023	227,882,945	48,656,601
2024	232,679,478	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Uganda

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Uganda
1960	6.36	6.91
1961	6.35	6.93
1962	6.36	6.96
1963	6.35	6.98
1964	6.36	7.01
1965	6.37	7.04
1966	6.39	7.07
1967	6.4	7.1
1968	6.42	7.13
1969	6.44	7.12
1970	6.47	7.15
1971	6.53	7.18
1972	6.58	7.19
1973	6.63	7.19
1974	6.7	7.19
1975	6.77	7.2
1976	6.81	7.19
1977	6.86	7.18
1978	6.92	7.16
1979	6.89	7.14
1980	6.85	7.11
1981	6.82	7.12
1982	6.8	7.11
1983	6.78	7.07
1984	6.7	7.02
1985	6.62	7.04
1986	6.56	7.08
1987	6.5	7.12
1988	6.5	7.1
1989	6.49	7.05
1990	6.46	7.01
1991	6.43	6.94
1992	6.39	6.91
1993	6.35	6.89
1994	6.32	6.9
1995	6.27	6.87
1996	6.22	6.84
1997	6.14	6.86
1998	6.07	6.84
1999	6.08	6.83
2000	6.12	6.79
2001	6.13	6.76
2002	6.12	6.74
2003	6.1	6.67
2004	6.09	6.61
2005	6.06	6.53
2006	6.05	6.43
2007	6.03	6.33
2008	6.02	6.2
2009	5.99	6.12
2010	5.95	6.02
2011	5.89	5.89
2012	5.8	5.73
2013	5.69	5.56
2014	5.62	5.41
2015	5.5	5.25
2016	5.34	5.11
2017	5.18	4.99
2018	5.02	4.87
2019	4.86	4.74
2020	4.7	4.62
2021	4.64	4.51
2022	4.55	4.39
2023	4.48	4.28

Nigeria and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Uganda
1960	19.3	17.1
1961	19.3	16.9
1962	19.3	16.8
1963	19.3	16.7
1964	19.3	16.6
1965	19.3	16.6
1966	19.3	16.6
1967	19.2	16.6
1968	19.2	16.6
1969	19.1	16.6
1970	18.9	16.6
1971	18.8	16.6
1972	18.7	16.5
1973	18.6	16.3
1974	18.5	16.3
1975	18.4	16.2
1976	18.3	16.2
1977	18.2	16.2
1978	18	16.1
1979	17.9	16.1
1980	17.8	16
1981	17.7	15.9
1982	17.6	15.9
1983	17.5	15.9
1984	17.4	15.9
1985	17.3	15.9
1986	17.3	15.9
1987	17.3	15.9
1988	17.3	15.9
1989	17.3	15.8
1990	17.3	15.8
1991	17.3	15.8
1992	17.4	15.7
1993	17.4	15.7
1994	17.5	15.6
1995	17.6	15.4
1996	17.6	15.3
1997	17.7	15.1
1998	17.8	15
1999	17.9	15
2000	17.9	15
2001	17.9	15
2002	17.9	15
2003	17.9	15
2004	17.9	15
2005	17.9	15
2006	17.9	15
2007	17.9	15
2008	17.8	15.1
2009	17.8	15.1
2010	17.8	15.2
2011	17.7	15.3
2012	17.7	15.4
2013	17.7	15.5
2014	17.7	15.6
2015	17.8	15.8
2016	17.8	16
2017	17.9	16.3
2018	18	16.5
2019	18.2	16.8
2020	18.3	17
2021	18.5	17.2
2022	18.7	17.4
2023	18.8	17.6
2024	19	17.8

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